Prep Hoops Roundup: North Boone storms back for one-point win

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By Rockford Register Star

Rockford Register Star

By Rockford Register Star

Posted Dec. 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM

By Rockford Register Star
Posted Dec. 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM

Despite falling behind early, North Boone came roaring back to pull off an 83-82 shootout victory over Marengo on Saturday night. The Vikings scored 31 points in the second quarter after falling behind by seven to start, and they got hot again in the fourth. Griffin Schuster led the way for North Boone with 20 points and Tre Williams added 14.

Forreston Holiday tourney

Polo 58, Lena-Winslow 45: A slow start doomed Lena-Winslow, which fell behind 12-3 at the onset and lost to Polo on the first day of tourney play. Zach Quaco scored 16 points and A.J. Dollmeyer added 14 for Polo, while Le-Win got 10 points from Chase Huneke.

River Ridge 50, Forreston 41: Forreston managed just six points in the pivotal fourth quarter, and despite a 15-point performance from Robert DeVries, the tourney hosts fell by nine. River Ridge’s Brenden Dauphin went 8-for-8 from the line and scored 18 points, and Sam Merkle chipped in with a dozen points.

Freeport Aquin 63, Morrison 43: Andrew Martin put up 20 points as Aquin pulled away in the second and third quarters of its tourney game. Morrison’s Hunter Hamstra led his team with 14 points.

Pecatonica 51, Dakota 38: Sparked by a 20-point night from Andrew Squires, Pec nabbed an early double-digit lead and cruised to the tourney win. Brett Benning scored 18 points to lead Dakota.

Byron 64, Pearl City 48: Byron built an early lead and stretched it with a 19-9 third-quarter advantage as the Tigers earned the victory. Byron’s Daniel Lowe finished with 22 points and Clayton Hoover added 15, while Pearl City was led by Silas Jacobs, who scored 19.

West Carroll 73, Fulton Unity 52: Led by a 22-point night from Trevor Jones, the tourney hosts turned a battle into a blowout. After leading just 23-22 after the first quarter, West Carroll pulled away.

Dixon 60, Fulton Unity 47: Cal Jarrett scored 10 of his 18 points early on to help vault Dixon to the tourney win.

Other

Freeport 63, Harlem 51: Devonair McClain scored 19 points and Giovanni Offard added 15 as the Pretzels rallied for the double-digit victory. The Huskies bolted out to a 13-8 lead in the first quarter, with DeJwon Woods scoring seven of his 11 points and Alex Karbarz tallying four of his 11 in the opening period. But Freeport doubled up the Huskies in the second quarter while scoring 19 points and taking command.

Fenwick 63, Hononegah 61: Four players scored in double digits for the Indians, but they fell just short in the tourney matchup. Rebecca Skurski led Hononegah with five 3-pointers for 15 points while Haley Kershner (13 points), Amy Dal Santo (11) and Brandi Fier (11) also chipped in.

Lombard Montini 68, Hononegah 40: Skurski sank four 3-pointers and had 14 points, but the Indians couldn’t recover from a 26-8 third-quarter slump.

Pearl City tourney

Eastland 64, Freeport Aquin 62, OT: Lexis Macomber tallied 17 points and Hannah Hake added 16 to lead Eastland to an overtime victory over Freeport Aquin. Haley Chang went 13-for-16 from the free-throw line and scored 22 points for Aquin, which was outscored 7-5 in the OT stanza.